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Report: 96K Haitians flee homes amid spike in gang violence

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration says gang violence has forced some 96,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti’s capital as the country faces a crisis that has prompted the government to request foreign troops.

The IOM said Friday that gang-related violence has led to “racketeering, kidnappings and wider criminal acts” at a time of deep inequality, poverty and a lack of security.

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Gangs are believed to control some 60% of Port-au-Prince, raping women, children and men and setting homes on fire as they fight to control more territory in the wake of the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.


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